1. THE LOST BATTALION

2. MAJOR CHARLES WHITTLESEY

3. MAJOR CHARLES WHITTLESEY
Commander of Lost Battalion
NY Lawyer
Opposes Argonne battle plan
Leads men into Charleveux Mill
Sends men to find flanks

4. GENERAL ALEXANDER

5. GENERAL ALEXANDER
Overall battle commander of US forces; devises plan for attack
orders troops to advance
Orders retreat (too late)
Shocked by Whittlesey
Orders artillery attack (friendly fire)

6. CAPTAIN GEORGE McMURTRY
2nd in command of 308th
Career soldier/ “tough guy”
Irish-American

7. SGT. GAEDEKE

8. SGT. GAEDEKE Immediately in charge of new recruits
Gets them settled on front lines
Goes to find French on flanks… no one there
Blown up by friendly fire (dead)

9. COLONEL JOHNSON Assistant to General Alexander
Worries about hurrying into battle
Orders cease fire for artillery

10. PRIVATE KROTOSHINSKY NY boy (Polish immigrant) New recruit
Took the “test”
Volunteers to “run” message out

11. Privates Rosen & Cepeglia

12. Privates Rosen & Cepeglia
NY boys
Give advice to new recruits
Rosen= Jewish
Cepeglia= Italian
Best friends
Cepeglia dies

13. PRIVATE STANLEY CHIN Chinese-American Radio operator
Wire “short”; waits in bush
Communication lines cut
Refuses to retreat
killed

14. PRIVATE LIPASTI

15. PRIVATE LIPASTI NY boy New recruit Becomes runner for McMurtry
Finds Chin dead
Finds Holderman (307th)
“indoor aviator”

16. PRIVATE YODER

17. PRIVATE YODER

18. PRIVATE YODER “appleknocker” New recruit
Big Fork, Montana (“Daisyville”)
Kills sniper
Killed by grenade

19. PRIVATE OMER RICHARDS Handles pigeons Sends messages to HQ
Last pigeon (Cher Ami) used to stop artillery

20. PVT. CEPEGLIA

21. LT. Leak

22. LIEUTENANT LEAK Texas Assigned to NY regiment
Thinks he does not belong
Yelled at by Whittlesey for his dress, shaving, etc.
Captured
Explains why US will never surrender (inner-city thugs)

23. MAJOR HENRICH PRINZ
Commander of German forces opposing “Lost” battalion
Respects Americans
Requests Stosstrupen

24. CAPTAIN NELSON HOLDERMAN

25. CAPTAIN NELSON HOLDERMAN
307th officer from CALIFORNIA
Lost in Argonne forest
Found by Lipasti
Links up with Whittlesey

26. CAPTAIN NELSON HOLDERMAN

27. CHER AMI